The Virtuous Man Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDBEFEGHGHIJIJ| Thus fears the man whom virtue beacon like | A |
| Hath fix'd upon the hills of eminence | B |
| At him the tempests of mad envy strike | A |
| And rage against his piles of innocence | B |
| But still the more they wrong him and the more | C |
| They seek to keep his worth from being known | D |
| They daily make it greater than before | C |
| And cause his fame the further to be blown | D |
| When therefore no self doting arrogance | B |
| But virtues cover'd with a modest veil | E |
| Break through obscurity and thee advance | F |
| To place where envy shall thy worth assail | E |
| Discourage not thyself but stand the shocks | G |
| Of wrath and fury Let them snarl and bite | H |
| Pursue thee with detraction slander mocks | G |
| And all the venom'd engines of despight | H |
| Thou art above the malice and the blaze | I |
| Of thy celestial fire shall shine so clear | J |
| That their besotted souls thou shalt amaze | I |
| And make thy splendours to their shame appear | J |
George Wither
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